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In the last little while as we have started to deliver the IT Virtualization Boot Camps as well as go out to various user groups and talk about the Microsoft Virtualization and Private Cloud offerings, I have often been asked where IT Pros can find resources to learn about how our products work, especially by those individuals who are familiar ...

Hello folks, Today my daughters helped me realize something.  they convinced me to stop watching videos and reading “howto” articles and actually strap on the snow board and go to the hills with them. You see…  I’ve been contemplating learning to Snowboard. I went out I bought a board, boots, a helmet, the whole ...

You can attend all the conferences, seminars, and training courses that you want, but just watching and listening will only allow you to retain about 10% of the information given to you. A measly 10%. That’s a pretty low return on your investment. Luckily, we’ve designed TechDays to help participants remember and recall a whole lot more than that. ...

As many of you know I work for Microsoft Enterprise Services as a Senior Technical Account Manager.  I've been here for 6 years and I constantly get the question “what is it like to work for Microsoft?”. I always answer the same thing.  “it’s fantastic!”. You get to work with really smart, ...

The other day Rick posted an entry on cloud computing and asked “As IT Pros who save the world every day at work – what do you think about all this “cloud” stuff?”  It led to a lot of comments and questions. Our colleagues over at TechNet Edge have started to answer the questions around cloud computing specifically aimed at the IT Pro.  ...

Picture yourself walking into an elevator and having a senior executive standing in there. After the pleasant head nod, you press your floor button and stand to the side. After the doors close - the executive finally recognizes you and remembers you’re in IT. Because it’s a long ride up – she asks you a small talk type question like “So Bob, what ...

Are you a Microsoft professional looking for a better career opportunity or to expand your skills? MSEmploy Canada (http://www.msemploy.ca ) - Canada's only job and training portal serving the Microsoft community - is conducting a Career Fair at the Microsoft Canada Mississauga office. When: May 6, 2009, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: Microsoft ...

So you were at TechDays and you went home with your 6 month subscription to TechNet Plus and wonder what else there is besides software you can download?  How about some free virtualization training and some free exam vouchers?  You see there is a lot more to TechNet than just software you can download for your lab, there is a whole ...

No… I’m not the guy with the trench coat asking if you want to buy the letter C, but I do want to make sure you’re in the know.  Talking with head-hunters / recruiters / IT Managers out there and there’s one thing they’ve told me again and again. They look to hire professionals with personal skills when ranking candidates with equal ...

I was catching up on my RSS feeds while recovering from the first day of TechDays Calgary and came across this post on the MS Blogs blog.  MS Blogs is a blog that aggregates the product team blogs and is a nice one to add to your feeds to keep you up to date on what’s going on in areas you don’t normally have time to look into.  As we ...